How Retro.com

Welcome to HOW RETRO, which is all about the 20th century - films, fashion, TV, people, popular culture and more. Like Lot's Wife, we just can't help looking back...

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Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald

Tis Love and Love alone If any couple can be blamed for unrealistic Hollywood notions of true love and eternal happ...

Over the Knee Boots

Boots for shiny red legs. Source Over the knee boots or thigh highs have been worn by fisherman in the form of rubber waders for gener...

Clifton Webb

On screen, actor Clifton Webb was as crisp and clear as a freshly pressed sheet of paper - his well modulated voice, impeccable appearan...

Craft Projects

Suzie Million's guide to retro crafts A Hoarder's Delight Ever wanted to make a bottle cap man? Or maybe a teacup lady flowerp...

Kimba the White Lion

Osamu Tezuka Creator of Kimba, legendary animator, Osamu Tezuka Anime, the Japanese style of animation that has garnered a huge cult ...

Sindy and Tammy Dolls

Barbie's Competition Mattel's early success with fashion doll Barbie did not go unnoticed across the Atlantic and in 1963 a riva...

Margaret Lockwood

Dark beauty, Margaret Lockwood Queen of the British melodrama, vintage actress Margaret Lockwood was born in exotic Karachi in what was...

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